The Hero of AdventureQuest Worlds

The Hero of the game, protecting Lore from the many threats like Drakath and the 13 Lords of Chaos and the Queen of Monsters.

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Accidental Aiming Skills: In the Dwarfhold Boss fight cutscene, the Hero picks up Vath's Sword of Dragon Control and throws it at Vath, which hits his Dragon Amulet and shatters it. However, the Hero clarifies that he was actually aiming for Vath and not the amulet, but is still happy with the result since it freed Vath's enslaved Dragon.

Ambiguously Human: Apart from said unrealistic skin tone, many items add inhuman traits to the character (glowing eyes, horns, and much more besides), and that's not even including the morph armors that are explicitly stated to be a different species entirely.

Amnesiac God: According to Drakath, The Hero is actually the god of their world. In his/her previous incarnation as the Eternal Dragon of Time, (s)he was slain by Galanoth, but was reborn with the universe as a human with no memory or knowledge of his/her true nature.

Anthropomorphic Personification: Of time, on top of being the god of his/her world. Also, as this version of Lore's incarnation of The Hero, (s)he is the Champion of Balance. Later, via You Kill It, You Bought It, (s)he also becomes the incarnation of Death, much to Drakath's exasperation. (S)he also briefly becomes the Champion of Light and Darkness. However, (s)he ends up having to sacrifice all of his/her personifications in order to enter the Chaos Gate.

Big Damn Heroes: Has one in the Doomwood Saga Part 1 finale during the boss fight against Vordred. When Artix needs more time to charge up his attack, the Hero shows up just when Vordred tries to attack and protects Artix to buy him the time he needs.

Big "NO!": Does this several times, such as when the Dread Dragon is about to destroy Oaklore Keep, when Ledgermayne is about to shatter the Chaos Focus Gem into pieces, when Sek Duat "kills" Zhoom, when Vordred uses his Voiduminance Necrot-Morph on Artix (which doesn't work as Artix is the Champion of Darkness), when Sepulchure delivers the fatal blow to King Alteon in an alternate timeline, when Lionfang wastes the Tears of the Mother on Drakath, and when he/she "fails to save the world" in a dream test given to him/her by Memet.

The Chosen One: It seems as if the Hero is chosen for something—as seen by Gravelyn and Artix's reactions in "AQW Zombies". However it's not made clear just what they're chosen for. But we do know what Drakath has chosen for you: The 13th Lord of Chaos. As the 13th Chaos Lord, The Hero is fated to wage war on Lore and unleash the 13th Chaos Beast. The Hero is ultimately revealed to be the very deity of their world, the Eternal Dragon of Time in human form.

Confusion Fu: Some classes have a random element to them that comes across as this.The 'Chaos Shaper' and 'Chaos Slayer' Classes are the most prominent examples.

The Corruption: If The Hero has 'Chaos' Powers, though this is mostly a case of Gameplay and Story Segregation. Happens in-story after Drakath defeats The Hero and chaorrupts them into the 13th Lord of Chaos. While The Hero will remain free to make good/evil decisions, they will wage a war on Lore and become its antagonist.

Combat Medic: If the Hero has the 'Healer Class' and uses a weapon not a staff.

Deadpan Snarker: Can get quite snarky at times, especially in the quest boxes where the Hero is the one narrating.

Depower: The Hero was the god of his/her world, and even became the personification of Death, Light, and Darkness, but was forced to sacrifice it all in order to enter the Chaos Realm.

Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Over the course of the game, the Hero has taken down countless] Nigh Invulnerable monsters, including the thirteen Chaos Lords, the Chaos Beasts, Vordred, Quetzal, the Queen of Monsters' Generals, Sepulcheroth, Desoloth, Dage's Horsemen, several Throne of Darkness members (and/or the monsters they summon), and other nasties.

The Dreaded: There are several armors that that describe the hero as this, like Berserker Champion and Doom Knight Overlord, and with Sepulchure's Helmet the hero becomes more feared.

Evil Costume Switch: Happens after Drakath chaorrupts The Hero into the 13th Lord of Chaos. For the Hero's form as the Chaos Lord, you are allowed to pick between one of the 4 starting classes as a chaotic variant. The Chaos Lord Warrior forms look particularly monstrous and sport a Slasher Smile. The Chaos Lord Rogue outfit makes The Hero into a Tin Tyrant. The Chaos Lord Mage class will leave The Hero as a still somewhat normal looking if Chaos aligned mystic. The Chaos Lord Healer class will give The Hero a shredded looking Badass Long Robe and a dark hood.

Evil Weapon: The Hero can use cursed weapons as well as chaorrupted weapons.

Girlish Pigtails: One of the available hairstyles. As the 13th Chaos Lord, if The Hero is a female Chaos Lord Mage, she will automatically have this hairstyle.

God in Human Form: The Hero is actually the draconic god of his/her world, reincarnated as a human.

God Job: When Drakath takes control of Death to prevent the Hero from respawning, (s)he kills Death to become the new personification and uses his/her new status to resurrect him/herself and Stalagbite.

Healing Hands: Comes with being a Healer. Paladins can also heal, as well as Bards, Defenders, Shamans, and Oracles. Undead Slayers, Scarlet Sorceresses, Thief of Hours, and other classes can also heal, but this is limited to themselves.

Heroic Sacrifice: Of a sort. During the Doomwood Saga Part 1 finale, the Hero jumps from a cliff in order to reach Artix and save him from Vordred, knowing fully well they could break every bone in their body and quite possibly kill him/her. Fortunately, Cysero had cast feather fall so they would survive.

Humanoid Abomination: Again, optional with certain equipment. Possibly more directly true later. Being the eternal dragon of time in human form would qualify. So would being death incarnate, and arguably the 13th lord of chaos. The hero is all these things, and more, by the time the final battle comes around.

The Hero: Inevitably, being the player character of the game. Half the time, the good guys can't seem to do anything without you either.

Heroes Prefer Swords: If the Hero decides to attack with swords. It appears that swords are the intended weapon, as Artix once mentions the Hero carrying a blade, regardless of what kind of weapon you have.

Let's You and Him Fight: As the 13th Lord of Chaos, (s)he successfully tricks the Lycans and Vampires into fighting with one another by using traitors to plant rumors that the other side has defected to Chaos. As a result, the werewolves successfully assassinate the vampire queen.

Lovecraftian Superpower: Downplayed, but quite a few classes offer these. Arachnomancers have venomous fangs, certain Chaos and Nulgath classes spawn tentacles, and so on. The most extreme is probably the Scarlet Sorceress, who's attacks are explicitly and recognisably Bloody Murder

Mage Killer: If The Hero has PaladinSlayer Class, which has the ability to shut down classes that rely on healing abilities to stay in a fight (such as the Paladin and the Healer).

Mega Manning: In a loose sense, collecting weapons dropped by defeated enemies counts. More directly Becoming Death right before the final battle counts.

Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: Causes a lot of bad stuff in order to stop the Chaos Lords. (S)he outright admits just how badly (s)he has ruined the world trying to save it.

And also the Arc Attack live event ending...all because they had a guitar and lots of electrical power in their hands.

And then there's the Etherstorm saga, which was kicked off by the Hero being tricked into releasing Desoloth, one of the most powerful dragons in existence, to wreak havoc upon Lore, and ends with the Hero killing him in order to end this threat to the world — except that this gives Drakath the opportunity to acquire perhaps his most powerful weapon ever by turning him into a Chaotic Dracolich under his control! Nice job breaking it, indeed.

Not So Different: In the 4th Mogloween Event, Kimberly notes that even though the Hero isn't a complete Cloudcuckoolander like her and Cysero, the Hero is crazy enough to fight monsters vastly more powerful than him or her every single week.

Our Hero Is Dead: Starts off early in the Doomwood arc when the hero's unfortunate encounter with the Nigh Invulnerable PaladinSlayer Vordred, turning him/her into his undead slave... Only to be revived by Vayle who has her own agenda against Artix.

One-Man Army: Frequently takes out enemies very easily in the cutscenes. Also, the level difference works both ways; if the enemies are much weaker than you, it's very easy to crush dozens or even hundreds without even needing to stop and recover.

Power Dyes Your Hair: After being chosen as the 13th Chaos Lord, if you choose to become a Chaos Lord Warrior or Mage, your character's hair will turn purple

Power Gives You Wings: optional with items. The hero's reveal as the eternal dragon of time gives them dragon wings very briefly. In the final, After being reborn as Death as well, the hero has shadowy black feathered wings along with the eternal dragon's ones.

The Power of Rock: Using the Bard class and what the Hero uses in the Arc Attack live event.

Protagonist Without a Past: YMMV, since the beginning shows the character on the cliff (for some unknown reason) that is struck by lightning...then spends about a minute falling down the mountainside before going to the first part of the game. His/her past is ultimately revealed and happens to be one of the biggest spoilers in the game.

Reincarnation: (S)he is this world's incarnation of the Hero of Lore and Champion of Balance, as well as the rebirth of the Eternal Dragon of Time.

Resurrective Immortality: Whenever The Hero dies, (s)he is simply brought back to life by Death. Drakath tries to get around this by taking control of him. This in turn backfires when the hero then becomes death themselves, Implying they literally resurrect themselves for the final battle, possibly multiple times.

Speaks Fluent Animal: During Artix's wedding it's revealed that the Hero understands Daimyo the Pomeranian, much like Artix. A caption then pops up saying "The Hero has a lot of secret abilities. SO MANY secrets...."

Suddenly Voiced: The Hero gets "voiced" in the Mythsong finale Lorepalooza, shouting "Battle on!" in Kimberely's voice. This may or may not be a glitch.

Tomato in the Mirror: The Hero wasn't just chosen as the 13th Lord of Chaos, for (s)he is the reincarnation of the Eternal Dragon of Time taken a human guise.

This Is Unforgivable!: Invokes this when Lionfang burns the Frostval gifts in front of Blizzy in a Kick the Dog moment in the Frostval Spirit storyline, and during the Bloodtusk storyline, he/she vows to make the 9th Lord of Chaos pay for what has been going on in Bloodtusk once he/she finds them. He/she also says these words at the end of the Swordhaven storyline: "Drakath. Will. Pay." Considering King Alteon's transformation into the 12th Lord of Chaos, his unwilling murder of his own eldest daughter Princess Brittany, the horrible destruction unleashed by the Chaos Dragon, and himself/herself ultimately being forced to slay his/her own beloved king himself when the Chaos proves too much for him, you can tell he/she has every reason to want him taken down. He/she also calls out Nevanna on her murder of her own former friend Aven Greywhorl in the Brightoak storyline.

Villain Protagonist: As a member of the Evil faction, you can play as one of these. More literally and completely becomes this when Drakath chaorrupts The Hero into the 13th Lord of Chaos and makes them wage war on Lore.

Walking Shirtless Scene: If The Hero is a boy, his form as a Chaos Lord Warrior will be bare-chested, save a shoulder pad.

Would Hurt a Child: Subverted - the only major kids that the Hero has laid sword to were Princess Tara (who was under the control of an evil ring) and the Chaos Kids from the 2010 Mogloween event (who were under the control of the monstrous Stalkwalker). Neither of them were killed as a result, mainly because the Hero doesn't kill unless it's necessary.

Winged Humanoid: Several items in the cape slot will give your character wings. The Hero gains draconic wings in story when (s)he learns that (s)he is actually the Eternal Dragon of Time. And in the final battle, they also have black feathered wings due to being death along with the dragon ones. If you still have a winged cape equipped at this point, things get somewhat out of hand.

The Unreveal: He asks the Hero if his dark counterpart has a specific power...but then states "Never Mind."

It seems he was asking about Drakath able to create portals into the Mirror World, since he swapped the original Xang for the one in the Mirror World.

Gravelyn the Good

She is in charge of Brightfall, the good allegiance in the Mirror Realm, taking over from her father Sepulchure the Doomlight who sacrificed himself to save Drakath from Alteon the Unbalanced.Associated tropes:

Krom

Thok

Arcana

Juvania

The Healer/Acolyte Trainer,

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Metrea

The Rogue/Renegade Trainer,

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Mazumi

The Ninja/Assassin Trainer,

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Z

The Shadow Slayer Trainer. She was formerly a vampire slayer and the ex-girlfriend of Vampire Slayer E. Since becoming a Shadow Slayer she has proven to be a huge thorn in the side of the vampires and lycans.

Galanoth

The Dragonslayer Trainer, Galanoth is a legendary Dragonslayer who has slain many dragons in the land of Lore, including the Dragon of Time.

During the Etherstorm saga Galanoth was captured by As'iiur, the High Priest of the Air Dragon, and offered as a sacrifice to Desoloth. He was freed with the help of Ang'st and fought the powerful Desoloth one on one, but lost his right arm and almost his life as well. Warlic used all of his magical power in order to save Galanoth's life, but could not restore his arm without risking his existence.

In the Seven Deadly Dragons saga, he invites the heroes to train with him and his order at Ashfall and help them defeat the Seven Deadly Dragons, seven of the most atrocious dragons the world of Lore has ever seen: Glutus the Fire Dragon of Gluttony, Valsarian the Storm Dragon of Pride, Goregold the Ice Dragon of Greed, Phlegnn the Slime Dragon of Sloth, Lascivia the Green Dragon of Lust, Maloth the Darkness Dragon of Envy, and Gorgorath the Undeadly Dragon of Wrath.

Wyrm

Dorian Mode

Rayst

The Shaman Trainer, and master of Arcangrove's Tower of Magic, he helps the hero in his/her quest to complete the Supreme Arcane Staff and defeat Ledgermayne.

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Zhoom

The Ranger Trainer, He is a half-Sand Elven Ranger who was instrumental in the overthrow of Sek-Duat, who committed numerous crimes including the hunting of his people to extinction. In the Sandsea saga, he calls upon the hero to help him stop a renegade by the name of Zahart who has gotten his hands on a powerful Djinn by the name of Tibicenas.

Itzachi

The Master Evolved Shaman Trainer, found in Battleon who is also a Class Dealer, eager to sell the hard-to-obtain classes for 2,000 A Cs each.

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Etherstorm

Hs'Sakar

Hs'Sakar is the High Priest of the Prime Fire Dragon, who places you in charge of finding the new Prime Fire Dragon, Ssikari. He is the oldest and wisest of the four Dravix High Priests, and is their de facto leader.

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As'iiur

As'iiur is the High Priest of the Prime Air Dragon, who places you in charge of destroying the Energy Tornado that is ripping his land apart. He is an able potionmaster and possesses much knowledge. He sides with Desoloth out of fear for the Dragons and tries to sacrifice Galanoth to him, but gives the Hero the power of Air. Desoloth kills As'iiur in ruthless fashion when his treachery against him is discovered, and Ang'st replaces him as the new High Priest.

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Ang'st

Ang'st is As'iiur's apprentice in the magic of air, and hopes to be its custodian someday. Following As'iiur's death at the hands of Desoloth, Ang'st has become the new High Priest of the Prime Air Dragon.

Omom

Omom is Ang'st's friend, a Wind Lemur who has been with him since he was a young one in the clutch. He cares for her, and she watches his back and plays "Catch the Tail" to lighten his mood. Omom is killed in a Kick the Dog moment by Desoloth just before the final showdown.

Ll'rillor

Ll'rillor is the High Priest of the Prime Water Dragon, who oversees the ritual to protect the new Prime Dragons. Since As'iiur has betrayed the other three and Ang'st is rather inexperienced in wielding Air power, he has entrusted the Hero with the task of being the Air focus for the ritual in question.

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Dr'Rader

Dr'Rader is the High Priest of the Prime Earth Dragon, who places you in charge of rescuing the new Prime Earth Dragon, Arradia, from Desoloth.

Zorbak

Zorbak is the only ebil moglin of Lore, and is anything but cute. He doesn't really mind though. A powerful mage and necromancer, he has both helped and caused trouble for the heroes of Lore during his lifetime, mostly for his own amusement. Also, he's the CEO of EbilCorp.

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Dark Is Not Evil: He may have caused trouble but he is not evil just Ebil and he sometimes helped The Hero

Chairman Platinum

The head of EbilCorp, a corrupt corporate executive who sought to buy out Artix Entertainment and its gameline. Chairman Platinum first appeared in AQW on April Fools Day 2012, in which he took over Battleon and had it remodeled in EbilCorp fashion. In the AdventureQuest Worlds 4th Birthday event (and the 10th Anniversary event for Artix Entertainment's games in general), Platinum took over Battleon again, using it as the base to unleash his true plan, Operation Gameocide, which involved the invasion by millions of his evil robotic minions of all six of Artix Entertainment's games, with the aim of completely destroying Artix Entertainment's game network. The Artix player base fought back, and fought back hard, taking down all of his minions and saving all six games in just seven days.

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Author Avatar: Of the real life Chairman Platinum, who runs the "real life" EbilCorp.

Big Bad: Of the 10th Anniversary event, where he unleashed Operation Gameocide.

Big "NO!": Part of his Villainous Breakdown when he finds out that Operation Gameocide has failed.

Evil Laugh: Does this every so often as he's anticipating ultimate triumph or throwing another wrench into the heroes' business, such as pressing The Button to release more monsters.

Omnicidal Maniac: What Platinum hoped to achieve with Operation Gameocide. If it had been successful, Artix's entire game network, comprising at least three different worlds (and several different points in time of one world), would have been taken offline.

Villainous Breakdown: Suffered one of these when his minions in all six games were destroyed by the Artix gamer base.

EbilCorp Drones

Kagg

Sput

Zot

Tlax

Ghaz

General Porkon

General Porkon is the big boss of the Horc Fort, one of the early-level areas of the game.

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Thrax Ironhide

Thrax is one of the tougher Horcs you will encounter, who primarily lives in the Marsh. He is the final test of a Warrior's skill in the quests given by Thok.

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Elwood Bruise and Jake Bruise

Elwood and Jake Bruise are fought on the airship in Mythsong Canyon.

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Dogear

At the start of the game he pretends to be the bookstore owner and hides the real owner, Maya, tied-up in a bush. He gives The Hero some quests until Maya is found, and then after a brief battle, he is defeated. The Hero's reward for defeating him is the Book of Lore.

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Trolls

Oishii

Oishii is an adorable Troll chef who you primarily meet during the Thanksgiving events.

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All Trolls Are Different: AQW diverges from the more traditional trolls, having them more cute and elvish in appearance.

Lethal Chef: During the Thanksgiving Event; it's so bad that everyone (including Artix) has to flee in terror.

Khasaanda

Cassandra Truth: Deconstructed. She takes up all the abuse so that everyone else gets to live in peace and gets nothing for it. For this, she decides to go against them and become the new Chaos Lord.

Meaningful Name: Based on the famous oracle Cassandra, known for her prophecies that no one would ever believe.

Bachius

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Krellenos

One of the oracles of the Trolls. Like his sister Khasaanda, he was blessed with the gift of Seeing the future. Unlike his sister, Krellenos was showered with praise. When Drakath made Krellenos his newest Chaos Lord, he used his reputation to hide in plain sight while spreading Chaos among the Horcs and Trolls of Bloodtusk Ravine, until he made the mistake of chaorrupting his little brother Antiphuus, which would turn his sister against him when she found out the truth about him.

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Sokrakiis

Leader of the Troll faction.

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My God, What Have I Done?: Upon finding out that the treatment Khasaanda took from him and the other Trolls led her to become the new Chaos Lord, he looks on in horror and disbelief.

Unwitting Pawn: He thought he was bringing back help to help fight back against the godlike Mother of All Monsters. Instead, he gave an unstoppable alien army the means to invade Lore. On top of that, they ally with the Mother of All Monsters.

Broc and Brody

Wedding Crashing Trolls

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Darkblood

Madra

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Yokai Isle

Princess Ai No Miko

The Princess of Akiba on Yokai Isle. After noticing her father acting strangely and suspects he's under the control of the Chaos Shogun. She holds the Dragon Koi Tournament to try find a hero strong enough to defeat the Chaos Shogun. She reappears every year for the Yokai New Year event, as part of Chinese New Year.

Faopaw

Old Werewolf King

Vampires

Vampire Queen Safiria

The queen of the vampires of Darkovia, Safiria directs the efforts of her clan in trying to drive the Lycans out of her territory. She also appears in Mystcroft during Mogloween with the Cauldron Sisters.

She is one of the two forces responsible for first creating the creature known as Wolfwing.

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Affably Evil: As a vampire she clearly isn't be good, but bears no ill will to the Hero and is never seen doing anything evil other than fighting against the werewolves.

Character Death: The 13th Lord of Chaos tricks the Lycans and Vampires into believing the other side has allied with Chaos. The Werewolves successfully assassinate her and are consequently driven to a retreat by the 13th Lord's armies.She gets better in the 2017 Blood Moon War.

Wicked Cultured: Being an Affably Evil vampire, Safiria still possesses exceptional class and taste. Her castle is full of fancy ornaments and luxurious living conditions.

Brysin

The Vampire Rep trader.

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Edvard

Edvard is one of Safiria's greatest warriors, a very sparkly vampire who frequently uses hair gel and arrogantly considers himself greater than Safiria herself.

He is the boss of the Vampire/Lycan War, who took up Wolfwing's offer to assassinate Safiria after his girlfriend Beulah left him for a werewolf, with hopes of turning the war between the two night-breeds into an even deadlier one so that neither of the clans can bother Wolfwing again. He reappears in a Mogloween event.

Your Vampires Suck: Having him be Safiria's greatest warrior, only to betray her so you can beat him up.

Vampire Lord Incubus

Incubus is the Vampire Lord that sought to take over Battleon during the close of 2010's Mogloween so that when Mystcroft vanished into the mists, Battleon would be taken with it. This plan was stopped with the Mogloween War.

Baron Luca

Another vampire encountered during the 2011 Mogloween event, Baron Luca is the ruler of a small village whose residents are being called away by the Pie of Rising Evil. Baron Luca does not take kindly to this and wants to take it out of Cysero's hide.

Expy: To Lord Dracula of Castlevania. He even has a second form that he turns into at half health.

Lesser of Two Evils: He is undeniably an evil monster, who enslaves and feeds on his peasants. But, he's a slightly lesser threat than the Pie of Rising Evil.

One-Winged Angel: The demonic form he takes in mid-battle. "Behold my true form and despair!" indeed.

The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: He believes his slaves are for him to eat and not to be eaten by some voice that he believes to be that of Cysero which, of course, doesn't actually belong to Cysero but instead, unknown to Luca himself, belongs to the Pie of Rising Evil.

Solani

The niece of Safiria and later the new Vampire Queen.

Affably Evil: Much like her aunt, she's a vampire and isn't really allied with good, but is never the villain either.

Enemy Mine: Agrees to temporarily ally with Constantin when both vampires and werewolves are threatened by the Infernals. This carries over even after she helps her Aunt get resurrected as she does not want war between the two.

No One Gets Left Behind: During the Infernal Invasion, Solani refuses to leave the vampire castle until all of her subjects have escaped too. She even attempts to invoke this on the werewolves when they need to escape, only to be denied by Bonnie Blood.

Bonnie Blood

Fantastic Racism: As to be expected from a vampire, she despises werewolves. She refuses to let Constantin and his werewolf crew board her ship, even after Solani informs her they aided the vampires escape.

Lovable Rogue: Considering she's a pirate and a vampire, she's extremely generous to the Hero. She offers a place in her crew and plenty of gold in exchange for allegiance, unlike Flintfang who treats the Hero like a slave and uses death threats to keep them compliant.

Talk Like a Pirate: Significantly less than most Artix Entertainment pirates, but it's still there.

Count Maxius

A Vampire Lord who was banished to Gehenna by Safiria after challenging her to a fight and losing. When the Blood Moon rises over Lore, he seeks to begin a ritual that will allow him to return to Lore for good.

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Affably Evil: He's so charismatic, charming, and friendly that it's easy to forget he's trying to kill you as a sacrifice to bring himself back to Lore permanently, and he had Voltaire use his wicked imagination to produce monsters to keep Kimberly playing her music (with spikes threatening to crush her should she stop playing), which was keeping Constantin lying in wait for the hero should he/she escape their prison, and even brainwashed Bubble and her cat with the same name as her and yet he still manages to continue to be polite and friendly despite all that. Even Safiria admits that everyone loves him despite him hiding his darker side from other people. Ultimately, however, he drops all his affability and flies into a rage once the hero knocks out Barnabus, whom he loves as his butler very much.

Maxius: I am older and more powerful than you could ever imagine. I have survived for hundreds of years, exiled, isolated in a land filled with only the dead. Do you really think that YOU could stop someone like ME?

Berserk Button: Maxius gets upset when you harm his friends in any way, but hurting his butler is more than enough to get him so pissed off that he goes One-Winged Angel.

Cool Sword: Wields one during your first fight with him. Not so much for the second fight.

Sealed Evil in a Can: He was banished to Gehenna after losing a fight against Safiria, where he was forced to survive for 150 years isolated in a land of the dead. It took the most recent Blood Moon rising over Lore for him to temporarily return to Lore, and, knowing that it would be another 150 years before he could return, he attempts to make the hero the sacrifice that will return him to Lore for good. His plan to do so is foiled by the hero, Constantin, Kimberly, Voltaire, Bubble, and Safiria's ghost, and he ends up becoming that sacrifice instead.

This Cannot Be!: Screams this when you defeat him for the second time, just before achieving Critical Existence Failure, which ends up setting him up as the sacrifice to begin his ritual, which, according to Barnabus, was not the one he wanted nor expected.

Villainous Breakdown: He drops all of his affability once you take out his butler Barnabus, resulting in him becoming so angry that he actually proceeds to go One-Winged Angel as a result. And once you defeat him a second time after that, he screams his disbelief that he lost before being sacrificed to begin his own ritual that Safiria finishes for him to bring herself back.

Villainous Friendship: He's very close to his butler Barnabus. So much so that Barnabus getting knocked out in battle leads him to get well and truly furious, thinking that you've killed him, and going One-Winged Angel as a result.

Quest Giver: Of a few Brightoak quests and of all of the Elfhame quests in the Brightoak Saga.

Ravinos Brightglade

High Druid Priest of Bright Oak Groove, he possesses Healing Hands but his powers become corrupted due to Nevannas' interference.

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Bond Creatures: His powers are linked with the World Tree. When the Celestial Horn of Balance no longer plays music, the Mana Core inside the Tree becomes tainted, which in turn corrupts Ravinos' powers and makes his touch poisonous.

Brain Washed And Crazy: Downplayed. The corruption he endures influences his judgement and he refuses to see any good in Nevanna, believing she is a traitor who must be put down.

The Beastmaker of the Neverworld

The creator of Sleezter Bunny and a whole bunch of other horror movie matinee rejects, who has been trying to replace Deady for years. A bit less stupid than Sleezter Bunny and the true threat behind the Bunnypocalypse. In the July 2012 Friday the 13th event, he's the Big Bad.

And I Must Scream: He gets locked away in his own Neverworld along with Sleezter after he accidentally bumps into him and knocks him back into his closet portal, and jumps in with him.

Harmless Villain: While slightly less stupid than Sleezter Bunny and having high damage, the Beastmaker is surprisingly easy to defeat in combat (but at least he's tough to solo), and he gets locked back up in his own Neverworld because of Sleezter's incompetence.

Ultimate Evil: In the April 2012 Friday the 13th event. Not so much in July 2012.

You Have Failed Me: Says this to Sleezter Bunny after the destruction of the undead Rabbit Beast, but surprisingly doesn't kill him at all, which is because of Sleezter's amazing stupidity. In July 2012, he decides not to trust his subordinate's actions any further when he sees that Sleezter is still just as stupid as before, and take matters into his own hands and take over Lore by himself, giving his henchman another task to accomplish while warning him not to fail this time.

The Undead Legion

Dage the Evil

The Dark Lord of the Undead Legion, Dage the Evil. He can be found hiding out in Shadowfall, willing to give players who find him an upgrade of their Undead Warrior armors they bought for AC's after they pass a series of trials set up for them by himself. He has a long-standing rivalry with his former master, the Abyss General, Nulgath.

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Affably Evil: Supposed to be evil, but usually one of the Hero's allies. Only time he isn't is in two-sided wars where you can choose to side with or oppose him.

Ascended Fanboy: On a meta level, Dage was once a regular player and fan of Artix Entertainment games, before his impressive art skills got him noticed and hired by the company.

Author Avatar: Of the real life Dage, who's an artist for Artix Entertainment.

Bad Boss: According to the description for one of his quests, he says that the Undead Legion does not tolerate failure and therefore does not wish for those aiming to join the Legion to fail and therefore end up meeting the same fate as the Undead Champions down in BattleUnder B.

The Comically Serious: He's dead serious, even when some minions have comedic traits. He doesn't approve of humor within the Undead Legion, as shown when Laken cuts down a Legion Judge for talking about ponies and lollipops.

Dark Is Evil: Very clearly sided with evil, and lives is an undead creature of darkness who resides in the underworld.

Darth Vader Clone: Wears a helm and cape, dresses in dark colors, and Was Once a Man. Future Dage is an even better fit where he inhabits a spaceship and sits inside a sphere much like Vader does.

Kick the Dog: At least a few times in the Frostval 2013 event (he hasn't been seen doing it anytime else). What's the first thing he does after Nippy greets him with a Frostval gift? He throws him off a cliff, followed by his present itself (after which Nippy is later turned undead).

He later throws a Legion Minion off a cliff for failing him after Frostfang has been defeated (See You Have Failed Me below).

Lack of Empathy: He certainly shows no regrets for anybody willing to sell their souls to him to join the Undead Legion. According to the item description for the Undead Champion armor, he believes that remorse is a sign of weakness, and weakness is not tolerated.

My Future Self and Me: In Dage's Birthday 2017, Dage and the Hero are summoned to the future by a Future Laken to help prevent a Bad Future. They're too late, and Future Dage has devoured everyone in existence. But they still try to stop Future Dage to prevent him from doing the same thing to other timelines. Present Dage and Future Dage do battle with one another.

Obviously Evil: His skull-covered armor and demonic horns sure are a dead giveaway. Of course, however, like Nulgath, he doesn't kick dogs whatsoever (save for the 2013 Frostval event when he throws Nippy, his Frostval gift, and later one Legion Minion who had failed him off a cliff), let alone cross the depravity line.

Omnicidal Maniac: In a Bad Future during the year 3017, it's revealed that once Dage obtained the other half of his soul and defeated Nulgath, he would go on to devour the soul of everyone in the world. Once he lays waste to one world, he'd travel to another timeline and begin feeding there too.

Pet the Dog: While Dage is evil, he is kind enough to lend you some rare items on his birthday.

Physical God: Not a true God, but the fact he conquered the underworld and has control over many powerful beings like Thanatos and the Horsemen, really emphasizes just how much power this guy has.

Took a Level in Kindness: After the Dage's Birthday 2017 event, Future Legion, once Dage defeats Future Dage and sees what he has become, Dage has an epiphany. His end goal is no longer seeking more power, he's uncertain if defeating Nulgath is the right decision since it broke Future Dage, and he now accepts there must be a balance between the living and the dead with Lore rightfully belonging to the living.

Villain Respect: Regardless of whether or not you're on his side, Dage clearly has respect for the Hero.

You Are What You Hate: Dage notes that after Future Dage defeated Nulgath, he became just like Nulgath, the very thing Dage despised. This thoroughly disgusts Present Dage.

You Have Failed Me: In the Frostval 2013 event, he throws a Legion Minion off a cliff in the same manner that he did with Nippy and his Frostval gift at the beginning of the adventure after Frostfang's defeat at the hero's hands.

The Stranger / Laken

Ridiculously Successful Future Self: The Stranger is actually Laken from the future who, in fact, joined the Undead Legion before traveling back to the present for the Dage vs. Nulgath war.

Rand Ravenson

A farm boy who lost his home, family, and friends when his hometown, Ravenscar Village, was attacked and destroyed by Blightbringer's undead army. He teamed up with Dage the Evil, who wanted to help him make Blightbringer pay for all the damage he had done. It turns out that Dage had him defeat Blightbringer for him so he could recruit him as the first member of his Undead Legion.

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Fantastic Racism: His hatred towards the undead when they destroyed his village. In the end, however, he was turned undead by Dage before he could gain Blightbringer's power, and was forced to serve Dage in undeath.

He Who Fights Monsters: His successful revenge against Blightbringer with Dage's help is what made him into Dage's first recruit... but not before he disposed of him and turned him undead because he didn't want him to become another competitor with him due to just having defeated one competitor once.

Revenge: He's plenty pissed off at the undead and Blightbringer for what they did to Ravenscar, and he lets them know of this in no uncertain terms.

The Horsemen of the Undead Apocalypse

A group of four of Dage's most loyal servants, these undead centaur-looking god-like beings serve to test the skills of the players in combat. They appear in Dage's 2014 birthday event.

Skull for a Head: Famine and Death. War also has one under his helmet, as shown in the armor.

Tercessuinotlim

Nulgath

Nulgath is a fiend of the Underworld and a General of the Abyss. He rules the hidden realm known as Tercessuinotlim. He was formerly known in his previous form as Miltonius. His rival is, no doubt, his former student, Dage the Evil.

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Arch-Enemy: To Dage the Evil. Interesting enough to note that both call each other "pretenders" to the title of Lord of Evil, which inspires their rivalry.

Author Avatar: Of the real life Nulgath who is an artist for Artix Entertainment. He also took in the real life Dage as his apprentice artist, which is what the master-apprentice relatioship between Nulgath and Dage was inspired by.

Didn't See That Coming: When Nulgath tries to return to Lore by merging the Chaos of OverSoul with the Chaos on Lore using a Chaos artifact, he is caught completely off-guard by Beleen barging in squeeing over the pink chaos eye, and accidentally taking the chaos powers for herself.

Disappointed in You: States this to Dage during their final battle, just before some of his followers reveal themselves to be working with Dage now, to Nulgath's surprise.

Evil Is Hammy: In sterotypical villain fashion, he loves boasting about how terrifyingly evil he is.

Maya

Maya is the real owner of Bookwyrms, who you meet in your introductory quest. Dogear has tied her up and hidden her in a bush while he eats her books. After being rescued, she gives The Hero the Book of Lore.

Tempting Fate: In "Dark Winter", Blizzy keeps making the mistake of saying how nice it is that nothing bad has happened, or something along those lines. Needless to say, something bad happens immediately afterwards

Dr. Voltabolt

A mad scientist and dentist with a love of crazy machines. His plan during the Mogloween event was to turn candy sugar-free so that people's teeth wouldn't decay, which had the effect of making the Moglins go crazy and turn into Moglinsters.

Well-Intentioned Extremist: His reasoning for rigging the Sister' candy was he wanted to stop people from eating candy and getting tooth decay.

The Collector

The primary villain of the 3rd Birthday Event featuring They Might Be Giants. His business is collecting people with great destinies, and since he needs these people in "mint condition," he's not simply going to let them go. He travels dimensions using a special device called the Vigilette, which the Hero ultimately uses to mount a rescue of the others with him or her.

Harmless Villain: The closest he got to hurting somebody was attempting to have his Doppelgangers of They drain the life force of the Johns. Other than that, he doesn't seem to be able to do anything other than collect people from different time periods, though. He's very much disinterested in letting those he "collects" (read: kidnaps) go regardless of the consequences to them or their worlds, however, as he needs them in "mint condition", and life in the glass cases can't really be called anything but imprisonment.

Hoist by His Own Petard: The Collector thinks of the people he "collects" as little more than collectible rares, and after the final battle with him, he ends up as a collectable for an even bigger Collector, and since he no longer has the Vigilette, he can't escape his case.

Queen Aisha

A villain of the Northlands, Aisha is a half ice elf and half dragon who commands a powerful ice dragon. The Hero and Nythera battle her during the Northland storyline.

Xan

An insane pyromancer who was a major villain in DragonFable. He kidnaps The AdventureQuest Worlds Hero with a very cunning trap. He has confused the AdventureQuest Worlds Hero with the DragonFable Hero, and he won't listen to reason. It is learned that he is seeking a new apprentice among the children of the village of Basani.

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Cold-Blooded Torture: Xan's plan to prepare his apprentice for training as a pyromancer involves "burning their mind clean and starting over with their freshly broken mind." Xan's initial implication that he would use one of the children for this is enough to send the Hero into outrage mode. Unfortunately, he actually wants one of their parents for an apprentice instead.

Hostage for MacGuffin: Tries this with Andesi's mother Scoria to get the Ring of Shurpu. Unfortunately for Xan, the Hero had a feeling Xan would pull something like this, leading to...

Humiliation Conga: The Hero, right before facing Xan with the Ring of Shurpu, took a little detour to Escherion's Tower and used some of Escherion's Inversion Chaos Magic on the Ring. As a result, instead of amplifying Xan's fire magic by a thousand times, he's actually reduced his fire magic by a thousand times, rendering him virtually powerless — and because of the spell that he cast upon it preventing Warlic or the Hero from removing it just before putting it on, only Warlic or the Hero can remove it now. Tough break, Burnyhead!

Obviously Evil: Of course. He has a flaming skull for a head as proof.

The Worf Effect: Powerful as he was, poor Saahir didn't last ten seconds against Tibicenas.

The Efreet

The ruler of all Djinn in the Djinn Realm, The Efreet is the one who cast out Tibicenas long ago.

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Vayle

Last seen in DragonFable as the Necromantress, Vayle first appears to free the hero from Vordred's spell, then after helping him/her put Artix in Lightguard Keep's prison, sends him/her to travel across Doomwood learning information on both Artix and Vordred.

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Adaptational Heroism: While the DragonFable Vayle originally had the same backstory as her Adventure Quest World counterpart, in DragonFable she still remained very bitter and untrusting of everyone for years, whereas this version of Vayle has actively assisted the Hero in all her appearances.

Anti-Hero: She's a necromantress originally siding with evil, but has allied with the Hero as well.

Big Damn Heroes: In one of the endings to the Vordred Boss fight, she shows up to shield the Hero and Artix from an attack by Vordred before finishing Vordred off herself.

X'Dir

A Dravix and faithful servant to Desoloth, who opens the 11-11-11 portal seeking help to free him before he is sealed away forever which in what he says to everyone could doom all of the elements of Lore. In truth he wants to free him so his master can devour the elements themselves.

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Manipulative Bastard: Manipulated the hero into defeating the Prime Dragons and using the Dracoscintilla to free his master from confinement to allow him to devour the elements.

J6

A thief and bounty hunter first seen in MechQuest, who carries out daring heists.

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Body Snatcher: A rare heroic version. J6 uses host bodies to carry out his heists and bounties, but always helps his hosts carry out their missions before leaving them. The only exception to this rule was the Baron, whom he had to leave without letting him finish his mission, and this pissed off the Baron enough to swear revenge upon him. As of the end of the saga, he has fashioned a robotic body for himself and so does not need to rely on hosts anymore.

Cool Helmet: J6 is never without it. As revealed in the finale of the saga, this is because the helmet is J6 itself, and the various costumes he's used throughout the saga belong to the people that he's used as hosts.

Foreshadowing: Remember that scene near the end of the 2012 Heroes Heart Day event when the Hero uses J6's head to smuggle Moore out of the underworld? There was a little note stating that why and how that was possible would be explained later on. See below.

The Gunslinger: Probably the only AQW character to make extensive use of guns.

Losing Your Head: J6 is taken apart by a shipwreck in the beginning of the 2012 Hero's Heart Day event, but being a cyborg/android, his head is still functional, and is eventually used by the Hero to smuggle Moore/Romeo's spirit out of the Underworld so that he and Jeluti/Juliet can be together. This also happens if you cut the wrong wire during his third virtual mission.

The Reveal: J6 was created by a brilliant inventor named Tyrone McAllister, who was hired by the Inertia Armed Forces to create a weapon to make their soldiers more efficient killers. He deemed J6 too valuable to turn over to them, so he escaped with it. By placing J6 upon his head, Tyrone was able to fight off the Inertia Soldiers and escape. He soon turned his new talents to superheroing, but after Tyrone was killed by a thug leader, J6 took over him and stole the Hyperium. He has traveled from world to world using people as hosts in exchange for helping them carry out their missions. The only exception to the rule was the Baron, whom he left without helping him finish his mission, and he's been out for revenge against J6 ever since. The various parts that J6 was collecting were not for a doomsday device as the Baron claimed, but for a new robotic body for J6 — he's sick of relying on hosts and playing Body Snatcher, and wants a body that can last him forever.

The Unfought: Only the Green L.O.S.E.R. and the Prismatic L.O.S.E.R. cannot be fought. However, they do have armors that can be equipped; the green one's can be dropped from the Absurd Foot, and the prismatic one's can be bought from J6's armory for ACs.

Death

The Grim Reaper and the guardian of the Underworld

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A Day in the Limelight: He gets his own storyline when he and the hero switch places. He is less than successful in the role of the Hero.

Blood Knight: As a living person less than a day, he promptly starts fighting every hero he encounters, to the extent that the player Hero (who is the current personification of death at the time) is forced to intervene.

Killed Off for Real: When Drakath takes control of Death after killing you in order to prevent you from coming back, you take a mission from Nulgath in the Underworld in order to kill him. Unlike the last time Death got deaded (see below), this has the effect of making YOU the new Death for the final battle.

The Necromancer: Has the ability to turn your Red Dragon pet into a Dracolich, as well as having restored Chuckles (or at least his head) to unlife.

Suddenly Voiced: In both the Fear Chaser event and the 2012 Heroes' Heart Day event (the latter by none other than George Lowe).

You Kill It, You Bought It: You become the new Death after killing the old one, though you end up sacrificing this personification when you enter the Chaos Gate.

The Desterrat Moya

The Desterrat Moya is a powerful ancient evil from a time long before Lore's current pantheon. It clashed against gods and lost, and was sealed into its own dimension. But undead minions all across Lore worship him as a deity, seeking to be freed from their necromantic masters. This worship has given the Moya strength enough to breach a hole between its own dimension and the world of Lore, and now Knave 1, King Alteon's personal Undead Slayer, needs your help to seal him back into his home dimension.

Gods Need Prayer Badly: The Moya grows stronger with the prayers of undead minions, and killing these minions weakens him.

Dr. De'Sawed

Dr. De'Sawed is the villain of the 2012 Mogloween event. He was once the chief of medicine at the Pandinus Insane Asylum, a hospital set up for the care of the mentally unfirm. Rumor had it that the asylum was a front for a sinister cult, and investigations into the asylum uncovered the fact that De'Sawed was performing some nasty experiments on his patients, having discovered a way to tap into the power of madness to turn nightmares into reality. When King Alteon learned of the horrors going down at the asylum, he had the place shut down, but the guards never caught De'Sawed.

Seeking new subjects for his twisted experiments, De'Sawed lures Cysero, Kimberly, and the Hero into the asylum, where his Scorpion Cult and his monstrous creations await...

Meaningful Name: De'Sawed's name sounds quite a lot like de Sade, himself rumored to be a madman back in the day.

One-Winged Angel: Has turned himself into some creepy scorpionlike monster by the time you track him down.

Playing with Syringes: Engaged in quite a lot of this at the asylum before he got shut down by King Alteon. Among his victims is a certain burny-headed pyromancer, though it's unclear whether the five months of experiments caused Xan's initial descent into insanity or just his recent mental turn for the worse.

Sealed Evil in a Can: The Hero and Kimberly try doing this after it becomes apparent that De'Sawed can't be killed. It doesn't work, and the Hero has to fight and seal him again.

Elim

Elim is the hero who originally fought Kezeroth and stopped his plan to destroy Lore, giving his life to prevent Quetzal's Comet from being brought down.

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Exactly What I Aimed At: Elim's sword did not hit Kezeroth, but it wasn't what he was aiming at — he was instead aiming for the stone that was projecting the tractor-beam, moving it out of alignment and averting doomsday for Lore.

Kezeroth the World Ender

The villain of the 2012 Frostval event. Kezeroth is an immensely powerful being who 20,000 years ago sought to destroy Lore by bringing Quetzal's Comet down onto it and freeing the Beast Quetzal from its prison, seeking to use the beast's power to bring about an eternal ice age and kill off all life. He was stopped by a hero by the name of Elim, who diverted the beam that would bring the comet down at the cost of his own life. Kezeroth was visited by a Chronocorruptor who offered to give Kezeroth a second chance to carry out his evil plan by sealing him in time until 20,000 years have passed and Quetzal's Comet comes to Lore again — which just happens to be 12-12-12, the present day.

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An Ice Person: Like many Frostval villains, Kezeroth is primarily an ice-themed villain, and seeks to cover Lore in eternal ice.

The Antichrist: Exists for the sole purpose of destroying everything in the universe, his title is literally "the World Ender".

The Juggernaut: This guy does not know when to lay down and die, and even after being defeated, the only thing that finally stops him is Athon using all his power in a Heroic Sacrifice to freeze him in time again.

Knight of Cerebus: Compared to previous Frostval villains, Kezeroth is played perfectly straight; he even curbstomps The Hero to show that he really means business. Not even Maximilian Lionfang nor Dead Morice can have their threat levels compared to his own, even through Lionfang's Kick the Dog moment of burning the Frostval gifts and Moral Event Horizon moment of shattering the snow globe containing the Frostval Spirit and laying bare his intent to make the world suffer for surrendering to evil by destroying Frostval, and not to mention Morice's own Moral Event Horizon moments of transforming of several residents into Ice Symbiotes and capturing several Frostvale Moglins.

Omnicidal Maniac: This guy is the latest in a handful of bad guys with the goal of killing all life on Lore. He seeks to bring down Quetzal's Comet upon Lore and awaken the great beast known as Quetzal in order to bring an eternal ice age upon Lore.

Sealed Evil in a Can: After his first failure to bring about Lore's end, he was sealed voluntarily by a Chronocorruptor until the next time that Quetzal's Comet comes along. As a frigging Juggernaut, he proves impossible to destroy, so Athon, the Chronomancer allied with the Hero, uses all of his power in a Heroic Sacrifice to freeze him in time again.

Straw Nihilist: When the Hero asks Kezeroth why he is seeking to destroy the world, he has this to say:

Hero: But...why? You don't even know this world anymore. It's almost Frostval! A time of giving, to celebrate joy and the warmth of friendship. It's a time of hope!

Kezeroth: Little hero, Hope is a lie. Joy is a mask that all life wears to hide from the truth.

Hero: And what truth is that?

Kezeroth: That EVERYTHING ends. The universe's true nature is decay and rot. The universe's ultimate form after all is played out is cold, empty nothingness. I am an agent of that nothingness, and the Beast Quetzal is the tool I will use to speed all life on Lore to its end. Your world dies, not in flames, but in ice.

Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: Frostval in general has an overall cheerful Christmasy theme, and you generally have no problem saving it from villains who try to ruin it, even if they kick dogs, much less cross the depravity line like Lionfang and Dead Morice did. And then you meet Kezeroth himself, who not only ACTUALLY considers all life as well as both happiness and joy, especially that of Frostval itself, meaningless, but also manages to deliver a Curb-Stomp Battle to Elim in the past, you in the present, and later Athon (also in the present) before his Heroic Sacrifice.

Villainous Breakdown: When Elim redirected the beam that would have brought the comet down 20,000 years ago, Kezeroth lost it big-time, using his hammers to beat him to death in a fit of rage. Time will only tell what form his next breakdown will take.

After the heroes take Quetzal down, Kezeroth loses it again, taking the Sword of Hope that the Hero was about to use to destroy Quetzal and finish the beast off himself for failing him, which is really shooting himself in the foot at this point due to the fact that if he hadn't killed it, Quetzal would have regained its power anyway.

He loses it again when Karok awakens him from his slumber four years later, and reminds him of that number of years that have passed since Athon's sacrifice to freeze him in place for another 26,000 years. Interestingly, Kezeroth has forgotten what happened that same amount of years ago, and is again led to believe that Quetzal's comet won't pass by again for another 26,000 years, and when Karok attempts to remind him that he killed Quetzal himself when he brought it down to Lore, his brother just won't have any of it, which leads to a battle of brother against brother.

Grimskull

The master of the Vault of Endless Doom, along with several other of the world's most evil death trap-filled dungeons. He invites several players to his dungeon to watch them die embarrassing deaths over and over again.

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Affably Evil: In Heroes' Hearts Day 2017 "The Wheel of Love", he's just a genuinely lonely love out looking for a companion to spend the day with.

Big "NO!": When Artix is about to put the Dark Dragon Wedding Ring that Mort had accidentally placed on the pedestal in one of his dungeons around his finger, which transports both him and the hero to Adam's wedding chapel.

Cruel and Unusual Death: A rather funny case of what happens when heroes who are invited to his dungeons try to get to the end of them.

Faux Affably Evil: He seems rather friendly when sending players their invites to his dungeons. This is all just a facade, of course, and he goes from ingenuinely polite to batshit insane and obsessed with watching them die over and over again.

I Just Want to Have Friends: In Heroes' Hearts Day 2017 "The Wheel of Love", he states he's really lonely in his dungeon with no one but Mort to keep him company, and just wanted some companionship.

Interspecies Romance: In Heroes' Hearts Day 2017 "The Wheel of Love", he was hoping the Love Bug would win the contest. Though he is willing to settle for the Hero and can go on a date with him/her in a possible ending.

Laughably Evil: He's so over-the-top with his psychotic hamminess, it's hard to take him seriously.

Laughing Mad: Cackles like crazy, with his lower jaw moving in accordance.

Oh, Crap!: Gets this upon realizing that his assistant Mort had accidentally placed the Dark Dragon Wedding Ring on the pedestal in one of his dungeons, which Artix puts on his finger at the hero's suggestion (which transports both him and the hero to Adam's wedding chapel). Cue his Big "NO!" just as Artix is about to perform said action.

Villainous Breakdown: While he's already crazy from the start, he has one upon finding out that Raxgore, the unstoppable juggernaut he intended to send after you, starved to death due to not having been fed in ten years — and that Binky, the man-eating unicorn, ate all the necromancers that could have been used to raise him as undead.

He quickly regains his so-called composure two cutscenes later, though.

Villains Out Shopping: In Heroes' Hearts Day 2017 "The Wheel of Love", he's the lonely love seeking a date on the show. He has no ulterior evil motives and just genuinely wants some companionship. The Hero wins the competition and can even choose to go on a date with him.

Wasn't That Fun?: After the defeat of the Ghost King Angler, Grimskull says what fun it was that the players got to go through his dungeon and tells them to exit through the Gift Shop room. However, this is just the first two floors of his dungeon!

Syrrus the Astromancer

Syrrus is an Astromancer living in the Tower of Winds on Draconis Island. He was compelled to open the Horologium Gate for a mage and his army that might help bring the fight to the Queen of Monsters. However, it turns out that he was manipulated into unleashing horrific creatures upon Lore by Karok the Fallen.

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My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction to the Frostspawn horde invading Lore, along with Karok's murder of his apprentice Lorentz.

The Mysterious Stranger

A villain appearing in multiple games throughout Artix Entertainment history, he was most infamous for his plans back in DragonFable, including a plot to rid all of Lore of the "pollution of Light". In AQWorlds, he was sealed away until the Queen of Monsters was set free into the universe once more, and this time, he creates the 13 Lords of Doom and sends them to attack the heroes of Lore.

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Affably Evil: Upon his reappearance in Shadowfall he's become friendly towards the Hero, providing quests for a powerful (non-Doom) weapon, and tells him/her that the fate of the universe rests on them due to their status as the Dragon of Time.

Dark Is Evil: According to Voltaire, he is Darkness and Doom. Everything else about him found in the Necronomicon is untranslatable.

Greater-Scope Villain: He exists in the many timelines and continuities that make up Artix Entertainment, and is able to cross over the continuities of other games, creating his 13 Doom Lords and bringing in villains from other DragonFable Vaal and Valtrith.

Sealed Evil in a Can: His turns out that, at the same time that Drakath set the Queen of All Monsters free, the seals containing the Stranger disappeared as well, allowing him to be able to enter Lore once more.

The Seven Deadly Dragons

Seven of Lore's most atrocious great dragons, all of whom Galanoth and the Order of Dragonslayers have dedicated themselves to defeating for the protection of the people of Lore. They represent the Seven Deadly Sins, and each Deadly Dragon has his/her own elemental powers.

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0% Approval Rating: No dragon wants to serve anyone, especially not a selfish, deceitful darkness dragon like Maloth, and they would rather fight over who should overthrow and replace him than bow down to him as their king.

All Women Are Lustful: Lascivia represents the sin of Lust and has been enchanting people into serving her and falling in love with her, and she's a female dragon.

"Enough! You dare defy me? You are NOTHING! Nothing but mortal insects who will soon be dust! And you think you can stand a chance against a magnificent being like Valsarian? Dragons were once the supreme beings of Lore, and we will rule it once more. And I will inspire dragons across Lore to do what I have done… by killing you."

Goregold gives one out as well in the cutscene before his own fight.

"This is MY gold! Are you foolish enough to take it from me? I am Goregold, Lord of Ice! I'll freeze you, and smash you into shards!"

Berserk Button: Phlegnn does not take kindly to being cured of his plague. At all. Heck, the title of the cutscene where he flies into his rage after being cured is even called, "Look What You Did!".

Dark Is Evil: Maloth is the Darkness Dragon of Envy with dark powers and he's an enemy of the hero and Galanoth. Also, there's Gorgorath, the Undead Dragon of Wrath, who has her dark fire attacks.

I'm a Humanitarian: Glutus is referred to by Galanoth as a man-eating dragon, and he actually proceeds to eat up both him and the hero once they tell him that he can't keep spewing fire at them forever.

Insufferable Genius: Goregold not only killed other dragons for their gold, but he was also so smart that he even went ahead and reset the traps in their lairs as well. And he has quite the ego to show about it.

Gluttony: Glutus, the Fire Dragon of Gluttony, has been known to have eaten people for years, and has been roasting dragonslayers with his fiery breath and cooking them above fires that they're being rotated above. He even proceeds to eat the hero and Galanoth, only for him to vomit them and Falgar back out when they set off a chain reaction inside his body. It is later revealed after his defeat that food is stored in the back of his cave as well.

Pride: Valsarian, the Storm Dragon of Pride, enslaved the people of Darkmoor, only letting them out of their cages when the time comes for them to work, and wants to enslave the rest of humanity while hoping to inspire other dragons to do the same. He also thinks very highly of himself, and he views those who oppose him as inferior Pitiful Worms, boasting that no one would be able to defeat him.

Greed: Goregold, the Ice Dragon of Greed, killed other dragons to steal their treasure for himself alone, all out of his own incredible greed. He reset the traps in the lair of a dragon that he himself killed as well, and when the heroes find his gold, he selfishly voices his claims that the gold belongs to him alone.

Sloth: Phlegnn, the Slime Dragon of Sloth, decided to take a dip in the hot springs of Gisunt Heights. Unfortunately, since he is a plague dragon, and those hot springs are the source of the village's water supply, this has caused a massive plague in the village that has been spreading through it, turning normal people into plague zombies. And worst of all, Phlegnn refuses to leave those hot springs, which would have caused the plague to get even worse if it weren't for the efforts of Galanoth, the heroes, and Lim working together to cure the village and everyone in it.

Lust: Lascivia, the Green Dragon of Lust, kidnapped many people and attracted them with her enchantment magic, making them fall in love with her as a result, and created her own harem inside her lair. When Princess Cecily attacks her to save those kidnapped by her, she attempts to enchant her into serving her as well, and when she is defeated, she enchants the hero and Galanoth to prevent them from slaying her before she leaves to find a new cave to make a new harem of her own in.

Envy: Maloth, the Darkness Dragon of Envy, stole the famed Dragon Crown (which eventually turned out to be a fake) and assumed rulership over dragonkind, and thus caused the dragon clans to start a huge war with one another over who should be the one to replace him. He admits that the reason those dragon clans did so was because they were jealous that he was the one ruling over them and not themselves.

Wrath: Gorgorath, the Undead Dragon of Wrath, attacked and decimated most of Captain Rhubarb's fleet of pirate ships in her fury just because they had stolen the Jewel of the Undying from her. She later uses an angry argument between Artix and Galanoth over who should be the one to slay her to her advantage when she escapes, and even states that she will not hold back the next time she fights the heroes again after her initial defeat by them.

Smug Snake: Goregold was so selfish and greedy that he slew his own kind to steal their treasure for himself, and he just so happens to be very arrogant about it, too.

Goregold describes himself as having killed beasts he deems as infinitely more powerful than the Order of Dragonslayers and boasts that they and the hero don't stand a chance against him before proceeding to fight them.

This Cannot Be!: Valsarian was so arrogant about himself that he claimed that not even Galanoth would be able to hold his own against him. Naturally, he received a shock when the villagers of Darkmoor Village finished him off by pouring electrified water onto him.

Valsarian: Defeated by... humans? How is this possible? Galanoth: You were defeated by your own arrogance. You refused to believe we could ever be a threat to you... and that allowed us to become one.

Ethan

Ethan is a game fanatic, a recovering Everquest addict, and an amateur artist. His often nonsensical, off-beat, or even moronic antics are the focus of the comic and the source of many of its plotlines. Ethan currently owns GameHaven, a video game store. Ethan is also described as the creator of Winter-een-mas, a seven-day celebration of video games, and founder of the Church of Gaming.

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Only Sane Man: Inverted. Everybody else including The Hero can come across as sane when compared to him.

Lucas

Lucas is a year older than Ethan. He is portrayed as more level-headed and down to earth than Ethan. Cynical and sarcastic, Lucas is something of a slacker, prepared to enjoy a good video game over actual work. Lucas is a programmer and previously worked at a computer store, where he offered technical assistance. More recently, he left to work for Ethan at Game Haven as an assistant manager

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Layla

Lilah defied Ethan's preconceived notion that girls (or at least, cute ones) don't play video games, after which they began dating. Lilah is the same age as Ethan and formerly worked as a secretary, but has been competing in tournaments as a professional gamer.

Zeke

Role Playing Game

The primary characters of the AQW Hero's Heart Day 2012 event. A pair of Star-Crossed Lovers (the original ones, in fact) who were kept apart in life by the hatred of their families for each other, they are further grieved to learn that they are being kept apart even in death by the dying curse of Mercutio, Romeo's friend of the time. This forced separation has split the Underworld in two, which has Death, the guardian of the Underworld, very annoyed. With the help of Mia the Mer'Angel and everyone's favorite bounty hunter J6, the Hero must find a way to reunite these two lovers, in life or in death.

Moore/Romeo

Jeluti/Juliet

Mercutio

Dying Curse: Mercutio's dying curse from the original play, delivered in a moment of anger, which proved to have more far-reaching effects than even he anticipated.

The Magic Thief

Conn

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Rowan

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Benet

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Duchess Willa

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Pettivox

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Guest Stars

One Eyed Doll

Kimberly

The lead guitarist and singer of One Eyed Doll, Kimberly is known for being hyperactive, energetic and all around crazy. She first shows up in the finale of the Mythsong saga, where she's revealed to be the real Chaos Lord of the storyline. She's also seen in the July 2010 Friday the 13th Event featuring George Lowe and is somehow the voice actor for Sally in the Doomwood saga.

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Brainwashed and Crazy: She was Brainwashed by Drakath with a Chaos Tune that wouldn't go out of her head.

John L

Along with John F, he makes up the one-half of the duo "They Might Be Giants". He was taken by the Collector before his destiny to become a famous rock group, and has his vocal cords surgically altered, hence his weird voice.

A famous musician who's known for coming to Battleon once every Friday the 13th. Every time he appears, it seems as if undead and other abnormalities follow him around. Starting with the May 2011 Friday the 13th Event, he carries around a special weapon known as the Vorutanian Key Blade.

13 Is Unlucky: Comes every Friday the 13th, but the only time something bad happened to him was him being cursed by the Cursed Guitar of Skull Punch Island in the first event.

Weapon of Choice: Starts wielding the Vorutanian Key Blade since he obtained it in May 2011's Friday the 13th event.

Deady

Deady is Voltaire's evil extraterrestrial friend who usually takes the form of a teddy bear. In the last 2011 Friday the 13th event, he was revealed to be a native of the planet of Necronus by the name of Urkor Malravenus, and took on his true form to battle the leader of the aliens invading Lore while the Hero fought Yahorneth.

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Killer Rabbit: When he puts on Sleezter Bunny's head during the April 2012 Friday the 13th event.

One-Winged Angel: Deady's true form is a big skull with pointy teeth and chaos-looking tentacles, or "that giant skull, tentacle undead alien thing" according to The Hero.

Suddenly Voiced: Speaks in the May 2011 and April 2012 Friday the 13th Event.

The Other Darrin: One of the AE members voices him in the April and July 2012 one.

Ayi Jihu

A famous Chinese singer who comes during the special April 2011 Fear Chaser event. She needs the Hero—and Twilly's—help to fight the manifestations of the fears of Heights, Darkness and Death in addition to Fear Itself.

Butt-Monkey: Deady sees him as a target for slapstick. (Knocked him unconscious, stomped on his left foot and rode him down the volcano following Voltaire on his newfound unicorn.)

Leitmotif: Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows.

Real Men Wear Pink: The Unicorn Crooner, and Andrew's famous song is known as Pink Unicorns Dancing On Rainbows.

Robosexual: At the end of the January 2012 Friday the 13th event, he proves to be quite taken with Amira 2.0, and is definitely a better match for her than the Jerkass King.

Mia J. Park

A rising star in Australia, she's a Mer'angel in the February 2012 Hero's Hearts Day event. She lures sailors to her so they could help reunite the cursed lovers Jeluti and Moore. Targeted by J6 for this phenomena, he succeeds in bringing her to Death himself, only to find out that the anomaly surrounding her hasn't disappeared.

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Magic Music: Uses this to lure ships out to sea, just like the Sirens of legend. However, unlike the Sirens, she doesn't want to kill them.

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